woodsglen Posted April 7, 2014 Posted April 7, 2014 I've been experimenting with profiles for my Hotus Wartog on my P51. I have not actually flown it yet! during practice takeoffs.. with the guided tour,,, things don't work In training.. one profile made the plane firewall and nose-over ( no amount of control could stop it..)end of flight... end of prop too. Another profile just had the engine proceed to die. I spent a good hour looking at what the heck switches were thrown.. were the mags off.. was the fuel off, was i on an empty tank? I did have two red lines through profiles in my set up wing tanks of something. This all leads me to a big question. in loading these profiles that others have developed..I see a number of profiles specific to "training"..etc for the P51 that are "default"in the program I've been going through threads and trying to get a grip on what to program where,,especially that trim wheel for the rudder, The last thing I need is my eyes down in the cockpit looking at my mouse trying to fiddle with that knob to get my rudder back while the AC spirals out of control. DCSworld seems to have the profiles for the P51 buried in a long path that I'm having a hard time finding. I put the ones I "borrowed"from the forum a little closer to the p51 folder itself. ( any problems with that? I really need to wipe my slate clean.. the last mess I made of things was... the program started up and the guns were blazing and the plane died (again). WTH? As you can see.. I have no experience with this stuff. I don't want to give my age but I refuse to have my 18 year old start messing with this because I want to get it right... I do know how to fly ( at least).. and other than single engine land... my last joystick was a Microsoft force feedback running WW2 fighters of MS flight simulator ( way back when ). I guess, my first question is.. where would I even put the profile for the P51.. under a specific heading like simulator or game? and I assume this would trump any profile settings in the training directory that i saw? Would the Thrustmaster and pedals control the plane in all scenarios at that point? ( or do I have to do this multiple times) I know I bit off a little more than I could chew but the idea of getting a cool simulator like this and flying it with a mouse and a keyboard is absurd. (i could go tool around in the A10 but I really had my heart set on just flying a p51 (successfully). And so I'm clear on one more thing... can I program that rudder trim wheel to be on a toggle ( l/r) switch or something so that as long as the switch is engaged the dial will turn? Using a mouse to turn a dial ( or a track ball in my case ) is a major PITA! OK. I think that covers my initial confusion. Just help me fix my screwed up grounded aircraft so I can start over with some better understanding and not half cocked like I just evidently did! I appreciate any advice on what to do here.
julian265 Posted April 7, 2014 Posted April 7, 2014 Given the trouble you've had with them - I suggest you don't try to use other people's profiles, clear your button and axis assignments, and assign your own. (but leave the settings for the A-10 alone). Yes, you can control trim wheels with buttons. I use the trim hat on the stick for trim in the P-51, and the DMS left-right for rudder trim. You're lucky that it's just recently that you can adjust your controls without leaving the cockpit (press esc for the menu) - we used to have to end the flight, adjust, then re load. Handy hint - open the controls configuration screen, select the relevant plane, and press a joystick button - the button (if assigned to anything) will be selected to show you what it does.
Zabuzard Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 What helped me is "painting a picture" of the controller and with my assignment. Print it or display it on a second monitor for example and improve your setting until its perfect :) I used a profile of someone as "basic" and changed many things :)
woodsglen Posted April 8, 2014 Author Posted April 8, 2014 So, am i correct that this is effecting the "guided" flight training? IIRC, the instruction simulation was just stalling on me and not going beyong a certain point .. assuming because I did not use what ever input the training program was waiting for ( replacing a mouse command with a joytick command) all just an assumption on my part. if that's the case I'll just watch the tutorial and then go through a normal check list like the real world, - or perhaps a configuration that brings the plane up with the engine runnung and prettymuch ready to fly ( all I have done so far is solo practice take off -- or shal we say - attempted. I want to get this thing straightened out before I clone everyting to a samsung ssd. This is all I have on the computer so it makes life easy. As soon as I get the thing to work I'll post a picture or two of my home brew cockpit complete with bucket seat. Thanks for the advice so far. I'm going to have to take some serious time with this it looks like,
woodsglen Posted April 8, 2014 Author Posted April 8, 2014 While I'm asking questions.. on the side bar to our left at the bottom there is a category that says "warn" (0%) and some yellow blocks what's that mean? Is that some type of Troll meter?
Zabuzard Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 While I'm asking questions.. on the side bar to our left at the bottom there is a category that says "warn" (0%) and some yellow blocks what's that mean? Is that some type of Troll meter? yes, more or less
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